Marla English

Personal Info

Birthday

January 4, 1935

Day of Death

2012-12-10

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

Marleine Gaile English

Marla English

Biography

She was born Marleine Gaile English in San Diego, California. As a teenager, she worked as a model and performed locally.

English was originally signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures in 1952 after winning a San Diego beauty pageant to be "Fairest of the Fair". She was paid $150 per week to appear in such films as Red Garters (1954) and Rear Window (1954). She was often cut out of these films.

Known For

Rear Window

Shield for Murder

Casanova's Big Night

The She-Creature

Flesh and the Spur

Living It Up

About Mrs. Leslie

Voodoo Woman

Filmography

1957
Voodoo Woman
as Marilyn Blanchard
1956
Flesh and the Spur
as Wild Willow
A Strange Adventure
as Lynn Novak
The She-Creature
as Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby
Runaway Daughters
as Audrey
Three Bad Sisters
as Vicki Craig
1955
Hell's Horizon
as Sami
Desert Sands
as Zara
1954
Shield for Murder
as Patty Winters
Living It Up
as Manicurist (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie
as Minor Role
Rear Window
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
Yankee Pasha
as Harem Girl
Casanova's Big Night
as Girl In Gondola